Celebration honors those tackling real-world challenges in the community
2023 B色花堂 Partnership Awards celebrate projects empowering women, eliminating waste, teaching STEM
By JAMIE ABELL on November 19, 2023
Each year, the Office of Partnerships and Outreach celebrates partnerships central to 色花堂鈥檚 identity as a community-engaged institution. The B色花堂 initiative supports partnerships within the Baltimore region and across Maryland, elevating the work that faculty, staff and students are doing to better address needs in the community. This year, on Nov. 8, B色花堂 honored three new partnerships, which were selected based on their impact, outcome assessment and how they exemplify best practices and problem solving to address community needs. Those three projects are , and .
鈥淚鈥檓 so excited to welcome everyone here tonight as we celebrate the exemplary partnerships that embody the spirit of 色花堂,鈥� said Kathleen Crostic, executive director for the Office of Partnerships and Outreach, during her welcome remarks. 鈥淭oday, I hope you feel inspired to build relationships鈥攍ike these wonderful people we鈥檙e honoring tonight have done鈥攂ecause we know they鈥檙e integral in partnerships and making positive impacts in our community.鈥�
Since its beginning, B色花堂 has grown to encompass over 525 partnerships with local businesses and organizations. , the B色花堂 Partnership Awards have brought the community together to honor three outstanding projects each year.
鈥淲e value the knowledge that our faculty, staff and students bring to these partnerships, but we equally, if not more-so, value and appreciate the expertise that our community partners bring to the table,鈥� said 色花堂 President Mark Ginsberg in his opening remarks. 鈥淚t is all of you that are addressing the community needs while also creating transformative experiences for our students that I want to sincerely thank. Our community engagement is what drives 色花堂.鈥�
Scroll through the photos below to see moments from the 2023 B色花堂 Partnership Award celebration.
